Unit 1 Festivals around the world Period 1-3 Reading and language points Teaching goals 1. to get the students to talk about festivals 2. to learn about how festivals begin and how to celebrate festivals so as to enable them to learn more about different cultures while learning d ifferent language 3. to develop the students read ing skills: skimming, scanning, summarizing, and find ing out details 4. to arouse the students'interest in festivals, cultures, especially those in china, thus promote their culture awareness Important points 1. comprehension of the reading part 2. knowledge accumulation of festivals and cultures 3. useful words and expressions conceming festivals Teaching aids a computer, a projector, courseware a tape-recorder Teaching procedures 1. Lead-in 1. greetings: t: good morning, girls and boys. happy new year SS: good morning. happy new year 2 talk about winter vacation t: did you have fun/enjoy yourselves in the winter vacation? what did you do? whod like to tell us something about your winter vacation? let s share t:well, girls and boys, most of us seem to be happy during the winter vacation, old or young. the whole country was filled with joy and excitement can you tell me why? sS: because of the spring festival 2. warming-up
Unit 1 Festivals around the world Period 1~3 Reading and language points Teaching goals 1. to get the students to talk about festivals 2. to learn about how festivals begin and how to celebrate festivals so as to enable them to learn more about different cultures while learning different language 3. to develop the students ‘reading skills : skimming, scanning, summarizing, and finding out details. 4. to arouse the students’ interest in festivals, cultures, especially those in china，thus promote their culture awareness. Important points 1. comprehension of the reading part. 2. knowledge accumulation of festivals and cultures. 3. useful words and expressions concerning festivals. Teaching aids a computer, a projector, courseware, a tape-recorder Teaching procedures 1. Lead-in 1. greetings: t: good morning, girls and boys. happy new year. ss: good morning. happy new year. 2.talk about winter vacation: t: did you have fun/enjoy yourselves in the winter vacation? what did you do? who’d like to tell us something about your winter vacation? let’s share. s1, s2, … t: well, girls and boys, most of us seem to be happy during the winter vacation, old or young. the whole country was filled with joy and excitement. can you tell me why? ss: because of the spring festival. 2. warming-up
1)show some pictures about the spring festival and the lantern festival. ask them to talk about what they did during the two festivals t: did you have fun during the spring festival/ the lantern festival? what do people do? what do people eat? what does it celebrate? 2)show some more pictures of festivals, ask students to guess what festivals they are t: look at the pictures, can you tell us which festival is it about? when does it take place? what do they celebrate? what do people do? discuss with your partners the dragon-boat festival, mid-autumn day and the double ninth festival 3)well-done. in fact there are plenty of festivals throughout the world and different festivals take place in different cultures. here you are given a quiz festivals time of year/date what it celebrate what people do the beauty of the full veleat mooncakes and moon, harvest, time mid-autumn festival autumn/fall watch the fill moon brith,family and hih间 family and friends friends ve money in red paper the end of winter, to children; see dragon arrival of spring, hun spring festival dances;eat,fish prawns february new year, reunion with and dumplings; visit family and relatives amily members tak off work the founding of the travel to visit family or national day october peoples republic of lto see other parts of china in 949 china or the world; go shopping ri: watch dragon boat the fifth day of the the memory of the dragon boat races festivalduamwu fifth month in beloved poet qu yuan Irow rice wrapped festival lunar calendar who died in 278 bc. eed leaves into water
1) show some pictures about the spring festival and the lantern festival. ask them to talk about what they did during the two festivals. t: did you have fun during the spring festival/ the lantern festival? what do people d o? what do people eat? what does it celebrate? 2) show some more pictures of festivals, ask students to guess what festivals they are. t: look at the pictures, can you tell us which festival is it about? when does it take place? what do they celebrate? what do people do? discuss with your partners. the dragon-boat festival, mid-autumn day, and the double ninth festival. 3) well-done. in fact, there are plenty of festivals throughout the world, and different festivals take place in different cultures. here you are given a quiz: festivals time of year/date what it celebrate what people do mid-autumn festival autumn / fall the beauty of the full moon, harvest , time with family and friends. give/eat mooncakes and watch the full moon with family and friends. spring festival january / february the end of winter, arrival of spring, lunar new year, reunion with family and relatives. give money in red paper to children; see dragon dances; eat fish. prawns and dumplings; visit family members. national day october 1 the founding of the people’s republic of china in 1949. take time off work; travel to visit family or to see other parts of china or the world; go shopping. dragon boat festival/duanwu festival the fifth day of the fifth month in lunar calendar the memory of the beloved poet qu yuan who died in 278 bc. eat zongzi; watch dragon boat races; throw rice wrapped in reed leaves into water
in memory of qu yuan put herbs on doorways for good health 3. reading 1)fast reading t: got it. you seem to know many festivals of china. but do you other festivals different countries and how these festivals began what do people do to celebrate? luckily, the passage provides you much information. read the passage quickly and find out the festivals mentioned here festivals of the dead festivals to honour people; harvest festivals; spring festivals 2)now, lets get to know more about these festivals, listen to the tape and find out the information accord ingly to fill in the form and answer the questions kinds of festi names of festivals countries obon Japan festivals of the dead day of the dead halloween some western countries dragon boat festival china festivals to honour people columbus day festival to honour gandhi india harvest/thanksgiving european and other harvest festⅳvals festivals mid-autumn festivals china and japar paragraph 1: *when did ancient people celebrate? at the end of winter when good weather returned a good harvest animals caught when they wanted a year of plenty
in memory of qu yuan; put herbs on doorways for good health 3. reading 1) fast reading t: got it. you seem to know many festivals of china. but do you other festivals in different countries and how these festivals began? what do people do to celebrate? luckily, the passage provides you much information. read the passage quickly and find out the festivals mentioned here: festivals of the dead; festivals to honour people; harvest festivals; spring festivals 2) now, let’s get to know more about these festivals, listen to the tape and find out the information accordingly to fill in the form and answer the questions: kinds of festivals names of festivals countries festivals of the dead obon day of the dead halloween japan mexico some western countries festivals to honour people dragon boat festival columbus day festival to honour gandhi china usa india harvest festivals harvest/thanksgiving festivals mid-autumn festivals european and other countries china and japan paragraph 1: *when did ancient people celebrate ? • at the end of winter • when good weather returned • a good harvest • animals caught • when they wanted a year of plenty
*what about festivals now? have many origins, some religious, some seasonal, and some for special people or paragraph 2: festivals of the dead festivals vhen what to do what to eat clean the graves july or light bon light lamps lav food in the shape of rlv people offer food the day of the mexico skulls and cakes ovember flowers and gifts to the dead ith“ bones”on dead the u.s and go to neighbours some other october 31 dress up and try to halloween western frighten people *are there any similar festivals in china? what to do? what to eat? the qing ming festival paragraph 3: festivals to honour people festivals country people honoured qu yuan, the famous ancient poet the dragon boat festival usa christopher columbus columbus day national festival d mahatma gandhi
*what about festivals now? have many origins, some religious, some seasonal, and some for special people or events … paragraph 2: festivals of the dead festivals where when what to do what to eat obon japan in july or august clean the graves light incense light lamps play music / the day of the dead mexico in early november people offer food, flowers and gifts to the dead food in the shape of skulls, and cakes with “bones” on them halloween the u.s and some other western countries october 31 go to neighbours’ dress up and try to frighten people / *are there any similar festivals in china? what to do? what to eat? the qing ming festival paragraph 3: festivals to honour people festivals country people honoured the dragon boat festival china qu yuan, the famous ancient poet columbus day the usa christopher columbus national festival india mahatma gandhi
any other festivals which are meant to honour people in china? who is honoured? tree-planting day -------sun zhongshan paragraph 4: harvest festivals 1)why are autumn festivals happy events? because people are grateful and happy and a season of agricultural work is over 2)what do people do to celebrate it? in european countries, it is the custom to decorate churches and town halls with flowers and fruit; get together to have meals, win awards for their farm produce admire the moon, enjoy moonquakes paragraph 5: spring festivals festivals country what to do eat dumplings, fish and the lunar chinese new china meat year give lucky money dragon dances parades, dancing, loud christian countries camivals music colourful clothing enjoy the cherry tree the cherry blossom japan fd festival paragraph 6: what are the purposes of festivals? festivals: to have fun with each other/ to let us enjoy life/ to be proud of our customs i to forget our daily life for a little while/to honour the dead /to honour famous people/to celebrate harvest/to welcome a new year and look forward to the future/to ask people to pay attention to something
any other festivals which are meant to honour people in china? who is honoured? tree-planting day -------sun zhongshan paragraph 4:harvest festivals 1) why are autumn festivals happy events? because people are grateful and happy and a season of agricultural work is over. 2) what do people do to celebrate it? in european countries, it is the custom to decorate churches and town halls with flowers and fruit; get together to have meals, win awards for their farm produce ; admire the moon, enjoy moonquakes. paragraph 5: spring festivals festivals country what to do the lunar chinese new year china eat dumplings, fish and meat give lucky money dragon dances carnivals christian countries parades, dancing , loud music , colourful clothing the cherry blossom festival japan enjoy the cherry tree flowers paragraph 6: what are the purposes of festivals? festivals: to have fun with each other / to let us enjoy life/ to be proud of our customs / to forget our daily life for a little while/to honour the dead/to honour famous people/to celebrate harvest/to welcome a new year and look forward to the future/to ask people to pay attention to something
4. well-done. since you have got to know the information related to these festivals, i'd like you to have a quiz to check whether you have fully understood the text. use the information from the reading passage to answer the following questions suggested answers to exercise 2 (1). festivals of the dead are for honouring or satisfying dead ancestors or others, who some people believe might return to help or harm living people (2). autumn festivals are happy events because people are thankful that food it read for winter and the hard farm work is finished (3). at spring festivals, people usually have dances, carnivals and other activities to celebrate the end of winter and the coming of sprin (4). it is important to have festivals and celebrations so we can enjoy life/ be proud of our customs/for get our work for a little while (5). the chinese japanese and mexican festivals of the dead all have customs to honour the dead the chinese and japanese go to clean their ancestors' graves, and the mexicans offer food flowers and gifts to the dead however there are some differences. the mexicans eat special food that looks like bones, something the chinese 4. pair work based on the read ing passage what do most festivals seem to have in common? why do you think these things might be important to people everywhere? talk with your partner and fill in the chart below reasons why they are important to three common things people everywhere 2 three common things might be from the following food, music, entertainment, being with family and friends, dance, lights or fires, remembering events or people reasons why they are important to people everywhere will vary 5. group work
4. well-done. since you have got to know the information related to these festivals, i’d like you to have a quiz to check whether you have fully understood the text. use the information from the reading passage to answer the following questions. suggested answers to exercise 2: (1). festivals of the dead are for honouring or satisfying dead ancestors or others, who some people believe might return to help or harm living people. (2). autumn festivals are happy events because people are thankful that food it ready for winter and the hard farm work is finished. (3). at spring festivals, people usually have dances, carnivals and other activities to celebrate the end of winter and the coming of spring. (4). it is important to have festivals and celebrations so we can enjoy life/ be proud of our customs/for get our work for a little while. (5). the chinese, japanese and mexican festivals of the dead all have customs to honour the dead. the chinese and japanese go to clean their ancestors’graves, and the mexicans offer food, flowers and gifts to the dead. however, there are some differences. the mexicans eat special food that looks like bones, something the chinese and japanese do not do.. 4. pair work based on the reading passage, what do most festivals seem to have in common? why do you think these things might be important to people everywhere? talk with your partner and fill in the chart below. three common things reasons why they are important to people everywhere 1 2 3 three common things might be from the following: food, music, entertainment, being with family and friends, dance, lights or fires, remembering events or people reasons why they are important to people everywhere will vary. 5. group work
discuss in pairs which festivals you think are the most important and which are the most fun. then fill in the chart with your ideas easons for your type of festival example of festival choice most important most fun answers will vary. 6. homework 1. find out useful words and expressions, beautiful sentences and finish the exercises in learning about language accordingly 2. write an introduction of the festival your group have created 7. language points l) festival are meant to celebrate important times of years.节日就是庆祝每年中重 要时刻的活动 (1). mean doing sth mean doing sth.的意思是“意味着(必须要做某事或导致种结果)”,其主语通 常是指事物的词。 (2). mean to do sth mean to do sth.的意思是“打算或企图做某事”,其主语通常是表示人的名词或 代词,其过完成式表示“本来打算做某事” (). mean sb to do sth mean sb. to do sth.的意思是“打算让某人做某事”,也可以用于被动结构。 (4).mean后接名词、副词或从句 mean后接名词或副词,意为“表示;打算;存心”等意思;后接that从句, 意为“表示………” (5) be meant for 该短语的意思是“打算给予;打算作……用”。 in some parts of london, missing a bus means for another hour b. to wait c wait d to be waiting 2). discuss when they take place, what they celebrate and what people do at that time
discuss in pairs which festivals you think are the most important and which are the most fun. then fill in the chart with your ideas. type of festival example of festival reasons for your choice most important most fun answers will vary. 6. homework 1. find out useful words and expressions, beautiful sentences and finish the exercises in learning about language accordingly. 2. write an introduction of the festival your group have created. 7. language points: 1) festival are meant to celebrate important times of years. 节日就是庆祝每年中重 要时刻的活动。 (1). mean doing sth. mean doing sth. 的意思是“意味着（必须要做某事或导致种结果）”, 其主语通 常是指事物的词。 (2). mean to do sth. mean to do sth. 的意思是“打算或企图做某事”，其主语通常是表示人的名词或 代词，其过完成式表示“本来打算做某事”。 (3). mean sb. to do sth. mean sb. to do sth. 的意思是“打算让某人做某事”，也可以用于被动结构。 (4). mean 后接名词、副词或从句 mean 后接名词或副词，意为“表示；打算；存心”等意思；后接 that 从句， 意为“表示……”。 (5). be meant for 该短语的意思是“打算给予；打算作……用”。 in some parts of london, missing a bus means _____ for another hour. a. waiting b. to wait c. wait d. to be waiting 2). discuss when they take place, what they celebrate and what people do at that time
讨论它们(中国节日)什么时间进行,庆祝的是什么事件,并说出人们那时做什 么 take place发生;举行 ① the performance didn' t take place after al演出终于没有进行 ② was there anybody passing by when the accident took place?事故发生时,有人 路过那里吗? great changes in china in the last two decades a have taken place b took place c have been taken place d are happenin 3. festivals and celebrations of all kinds have been held everywhere since ancient time 世界各地从古时就有各种各样的节日庆典。 O that kind of question is very difficult to answer questions of that kind are difficult to answer 那类问题是很难解答的。 2 we sell all kinds of shoes we sell shoes of all kinds 我们卖各式各样的鞋 3 you can see different kinds of animals in the zoo you can see animals of d ifferent kinds in the zoo 你在动物园可以看见不同种类的动 4. or satisfy and please the ancestors, who could return either to help or to do harm 取悦祖先,使他们得到满足,以为(祖先们)有可能回来帮助他们,也有可能带 来危害。 l) satisfy vt满足,使…满意; satisfy sb. satisfied a.感到满意的; be satisfied with satisfying a.令人愉快的 satisfaction n满意; to one’ s satisfaction satisfactorily ad.满意地 satisfactory a.令人满意的 2)hur; InJure.,harm, damage, wound的区别与用法 hwrt普通用语,既可指肉体上的伤害,也可精神上,感情上的伤害
讨论它们（中国节日）什么时间进行，庆祝的是什么事件，并说出人们那时做什 么。 take place 发生；举行 ① the performance didn’t take place after all.演出终于没有进行。 ② was there anybody passing by when the accident took place? 事故发生时，有人 路过那里吗？ great changes __________in china in the last two decades. a. have taken place b. took place c. have been taken place d. are happening 3. festivals and celebrations of all kinds have been held everywhere since ancient times. 世界各地从古时就有各种各样的节日庆典。 ① that kind of question is very difficult to answer. = questions of that kind are difficult to answer. 那类问题是很难解答的。 ② we sell all kinds of shoes. = we sell shoes of all kinds. 我们卖各式各样的鞋。 ③ you can see different kinds of animals in the zoo. = you can see animals of different kinds in the zoo. 你在动物园可以看见不同种类的动 4....or satisfy and please the ancestors, who could return either to help or to do harm. ......取悦祖先, 使他们得到满足,以为(祖先们)有可能回来帮助他们,也有可能带 来危害。 1) satisfy vt. 满足,使…满意; satisfy sb. satisfied a. 感到满意的; be satisfied with satisfying a. 令人愉快的 satisfaction n. 满意; to one’s satisfaction satisfactorily ad. 满意地 satisfactory a. 令人满意的 2) hurt, injure, harm, damage, wound 的区别与用法 hurt 普通用语，既可指肉体上的伤害,也可精神上, 感情上的伤害
如 the girl hurt herself badly in the accident.那位女孩在那次事故中伤得很重 injure比hurt正式,hut多指伤痛,而 inure则指损害健康,成就,容貌等,强 调功能的损失。 如 he injured his hand while play ing basketball他在打篮球时手受了伤。 damage主要指对于物的损害,强调对于价值、用途、外观等所造成的损失,这 种损失或因自然灾害所致,或因人为造成。如 several cars were damaged in the accident.好几辆汽车在事故中损坏了 yound指枪伤,刀伤,刺伤等皮肉之伤,是出血的,严重的伤,特指战场上受 伤,它可以指肉体上的伤害,也可指人们精神上的创伤。如 the bullet wounded his left leg.子弹打伤了他的左腿。 do harm to sb= do sb. harm= harm sb.伤害某人 do more harm than good弊大于利 ① smoking will do you harm smoking will do more harm to you than good 2if we solve the problem in this way, it may do more harm than good 5. for the japanese festival obon, people should go to clean graves and light incense in memory of their ancestor In memory or纪念。如 they set up a monument in memory of the sold iers who died in world war ii 6. they also light lamps and play music because they think that this will lead the ancestors back to earth lead…to领往;使得出(结论) lead to通向;引起,导致 ①请把客人领到会客室去。 please lead the guests to the reception-room ②你是如何得出这个结论的? what led you to this conclusion? ③条条道路通罗马。 all roads lead to rome the path leads to the village ④食用过多的糖会引起健康问题。 eating too much sugar can lead to health problems 7. some people might win awards for their farm produce like the biggest watermelon or the most hand some rooster award.n.奖,奖品 ν.判给,授予 award sb.sth.奖赏某人某物
如:the girl hurt herself badly in the accident. 那位女孩在那次事故中伤得很重。 injure 比 hurt 正式, hurt 多指伤痛, 而 injure 则指损害健康, 成就, 容貌等, 强 调功能的损失。 如:he injured his hand while playing basketball. 他在打篮球时手受了伤。 damage 主要指对于物的损害,强调对于价值、用途、外观等所造成的损失, 这 种损失或因自然灾害所致, 或因人为造成。如： several cars were damaged in the accident. 好几辆汽车在事故中损坏了。 wound 指枪伤, 刀伤, 刺伤等皮肉之伤, 是出血的, 严重的伤, 特指战场上受 伤, 它可以指肉体上的伤害, 也可指人们精神上的创伤。如: the bullet wounded his left leg. 子弹打伤了他的左腿。 do harm to sb.=do sb. harm=harm sb.伤害某人 do more harm than good 弊大于利 ①smoking will do you harm. smoking will do more harm to you than good. ②if we solve the problem in this way, it may do more harm than good 5 .for the japanese festival obon, people should go to clean graves and light incense in memory of their ancestors. in memory or 纪念。如： they set up a monument in memory of the soldiers who died in world war ii. 6. they also light lamps and play music because they think that this will lead the ancestors back to earth. lead…to 领往；使得出(结论) lead to 通向；引起，导致 ①请把客人领到会客室去。 please lead the guests to the reception-room. ②你是如何得出这个结论的? what led you to this conclusion? ③条条道路通罗马。 all roads lead to rome. the path leads to the village. ④食用过多的糖会引起健康问题。eating too much sugar can lead to health problems 7. some people might win awards for their farm produce, like the biggest watermelon or the most handsome rooster. award. n. 奖, 奖品 v. 判给, 授予 award sb. sth. 奖赏某人某物
辨析: award和 reward award后接双宾语 award sb. a metal授予某人奖章 reward奖赏,给…报酬,不能接双宾语; reward sb.. forsth..因…奖赏某人; reward sb. with sth.用某物酬劳某人 8. the most energetic and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spring 最富有生气而有最重要的节日就是告别冬天迎来春天的日子 look forward to( doing)sth.意为期待着(做)某事,其中的to是介词,而不是动词 不定式符号。 children are looking forward to spring festival.孩子们渴盼着过年。 he’ s looking forward to hearing from his pen pal.他期待着笔友来信。 9. the country, covered with cherry tree flowers, looks as though it is covered with pink snow 整个国度处处都是樱花盛开,看上去就像罩上了一层粉红的雪 as though和asi没有什么区别。asif用得普遍些,却可引导方式状语从句和表 语从句,其从句谓语常用虚拟语气 (1)引导方式状语从句 she acted as though nothing had happened.她装得好像什么事也没发生过 似的。 当从句主语和主句主语一致,从句谓语中又含有动词tobe时,可以把主语和 tobe一起省去 he looked about as though( he was) in search of something.他四处张望,好像寻 找什么。 (2)引导表语从句 it looks as if it’ s going to rain.看样子天要下雨了。 as though和asif从句用虚拟语气,还是用陈述语气。完全根据具体情况而定。如 果从句表示的意思与事实完全相反,或者纯粹是一种假设,通常用虚拟语气 the child talks as if she were an adult.那孩子说话的样子好像她是个大人
辨析: award 和 reward： award 后接双宾语 award sb. a metal 授予某人奖章 reward 奖赏, 给…报酬, 不能接双宾语; reward sb. for sth. 因 …奖赏某人； reward sb. with sth. 用某物酬劳某人 8. the most energetic and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spring. 最富有生气而有最重要的节日就是告别冬天迎来春天的日子。 look forward to (doing) sth. 意为期待着(做)某事, 其中的 to 是介词, 而不是动词 不定式符号。 children are looking forward to spring festival. 孩子们渴盼着过年。 he’s looking forward to hearing from his pen pal. 他期待着笔友来信。 9. the country, covered with cherry tree flowers, looks as though it is covered with pink snow. 整个国度处处都是樱花盛开,看上去就像罩上了一层粉红的雪。 as though 和 as if 没有什么区别。as if 用得普遍些, 却可引导方式状语从句和表 语从句, 其从句谓语常用虚拟语气。 (1) 引导方式状语从句 she acted as though nothing had happened． 她装得好像什么事也没发生过 似的。 当从句主语和主句主语一致,从句谓语中又含有动词 to be 时, 可以把主语和 to be 一起省去。 he looked about as though (he was) in search of something．他四处张望, 好像寻 找什么。 (2) 引导表语从句 it looks as if it’s going to rain． 看样子天要下雨了。 as though 和 as if 从句用虚拟语气,还是用陈述语气。完全根据具体情况而定。如 果从句表示的意思与事实完全相反,或者纯粹是一种假设, 通常用虚拟语气。 the child talks as if she were an adult. 那孩子说话的样子好像她是个大人